Toy crank propelled truck



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H 7'7 fF/VEY United States Patent 3,209,490 TOY CRANK PROPELLED TRUCK Stanley P. Peters, Box 2, Doon, Iowa Filed Apr. 29, 1963, Ser. No. 276,503 2 Claims. (Cl. 46-210) My invention relates to a toy truck.

An object of my invention is to provide a truck which can be propelled by means of an interesting crank propelled arrangement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a toy truck which can be propelled by such an arrangement which will allow the child to manipulate the arrangement in practically any angular position.

A further object of my invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the truck can be tilted or dumped by means of the same crank arrangement.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the device,

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged detail,

FIGURE 3 is a side elevation, taken partially in section, and

FIGURE 4 is a detail showing the tipping operation.

My invention contemplates the provision of a toy truck arrangement for children wherein the propulsion of the truck or carriage will be provided by means of an interesting and instructive arrangement, and also in which the propulsion member will function to allow tipping of the truck body for dumping purposes.

In describing my invention, I have used the character to designate the base of the truck body, the character 11 indicating side walls, the character 12 indicating a forward wall, and the character 13 indicating a rear wall.

The character 14 indicates the horizontal portion of a transverse beam which extends into the vertically positioned side portions 15, and attached to the member 14 are the ears 16 which are pivoted by means of the rod 17 to the ears 18 which are attached to the bottom wall 10, and receiving the rod 17 is a torsion spring 19 (see FIG. 1), having the end portions 20 to provide means for bringing the truck body to a horizontal position after being tripped.

Passing through the portions 15 is a transverse shaft 21 upon which are journaled the ground engaging wheels 22.

Attached to the member 14 are the converging straps 23 which are attached to the forward collar or sleeve 24 to which is attached a spacer member 25 upon which the forward end of the truck body rests, and received within the sleeve 24 is a longitudinally positioned shaft portion 26 which is attached at 27 to a pair of spaced links 28, and journaled at the ends of these links 28 are a pair of rollers 29.

The shaft 26 continues into the integral upwardly bent portion 30 which continues into the looped portion 31 which extends into the vertical portion 32 which portion 32 includes a snap arrangement 33 (see FIG. 2), which fits into the socket 34 which is attached to a journaling portion 35 in which is journaled a shaft 36 which is attached to a forward ground engaging wheel 37 by means of the various members 38, 39 etc.

The shaft 36 is a continuation of a lengthened rod 40 which is journaled within a cylindrical sleeve 41, the rod 40 then being bent into the crank portion 42 which terminates in the handle portion 43 which is rotatable within the further handle sleeve 44.

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It will now be noted that the truck body can be propelled by means of the child grasping the sleeve 41 with one hand, and by grasping the sleeve 44 with the other hand and rotating the lengthened rod 40 which will rotate the forward wheel 37, which wheel will then draw the truck portions in the desired direction.

Since the shaft portion 26 can be rotated within the member 24, the lengthened rod 40 can be positioned at various angles without interfering with the proper operation, and since the portion 32 will pivot within the portion 34, the child will be allowed a complete range of movement of the bar 40 and still operate the arrangement properly.

As viewed in FIGURE 3, the rollers 29 are spaced a certain distance from the bottom wall 10 of the truck body so as to not interfere with the tipping action during the usual motion of the device, however, when the child wishes to dump the truck, the rod is placed substantially in the position shown in FIGURE 1, and the arrangement is then brought upwardly so that the rod 40 will be vertical, this action thereby rotating the shaft portion 26, and carrying the rollers 29 to the position shown in FIGURE 4 thereby causing the truck body to tilt to dump the contents thereof, there being provided two rollers 29 so that the truck can be dumped from either side as desired.

If desired, only one roller 29 need be employed, however, the present arrangement may be preferred.

It will now be noted that I have provided the various advantages mentioned in the objects of my invention with further advantages being apparent.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my invention without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. A toy truck vehicle comprising a truck body, a framework on which said truck body is mounted, ground engaging wheels journaled on said framework, a shaft member having an inner end rotatably mounted in said framework, said shaft member including an integral forwardly positioned angularly extending portion extending normally upwardly, a normally vertically positioned portion extending from said angularly extending upwardly positioned portion, said vertically positioned portion having a lower terminal portion, a normally vertically disposed socket member having an upper socket portion in which the lower terminal portion of said vertically positioned portion is pivotally received, a normally horizontally extending rod journaled in a lower journaling portion attached to said socket member, a further ground engaging wheel attached at one end of said extending rod adjacent said lower journaling portion, a crank member attached at the other end of said extending rod to rotate said further wheel whereby the vehicle may be steered and propelled by the normally horizontally extending rod and crank member, respectively.

2. A toy truck vehicle comprising a truck body, a framework on which said truck body is pivoted, ground engaging wheels journaled on said framework, a shaft member having an inner end rotatably mounted in said framework, said shaft member including an integral forwardly positioned angularly extending portion extending normally upwardly, a normally vertically positioned portion extending from said angularly extending upwardly positioned portion, said vertically positioned portion having a lower terminal portion, a normally veritcally disposed socket member having an upper socket portion in which the lower terminal portion of said vertically positioned portion is pivotally received, a normally horizontally extending rod journaled in a lower journaling portion attached to said socket member, a further ground engaging wheel attached at one end of said extending rod adjacent said lower journaling portion, a crank member attached at the other end of said extending rod to rotate said further wheel whereby the vehicle may be steered and propelled by the normally horizontally extending rod and crank member, respectively, arm means having an end extending laterally of said shaft attached at the inner end of said shaft member, roller means mounted at the end References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 7/55 Hajek et al. 46-220 1/56 Howard 46-214 X RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner. 

1. A TOY TRUCK VEHICLE COMPRISING A TRUCK BODY, A FRAMEWORK ON WHICH SAID TRUCK BODY IS MOUNTED, GROUND ENGAGING WHEELS JOURNALED ON AID FRAMEWORK, A SHAFT MEMBER HAVING AN INNER END ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID FRAMEWORK, SAID SHAFT MEMBER INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL FORWARDLY POSITIONED ANGULARLY EXTENDING PORTION EXTENDING NORMALLY UPWARDLY, A NORMALLY VERTICALLY POSITIONED PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID ANGULARLY EXTENDING UPWARDLY POSITIONED PORTION, SAID VERTICALLY POSITIONED PORTION HAVING A LOWER TERMINAL PORTION, A NORMALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED SOCKET MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER SOCKET PORTION IN WHICH THE LOWER TERMINALI PORTION OF SAID VERTICALLY POSITIONED PORTIONED IS PIVOTALLY RECEIVED, A NORMALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ROD JOURNALED IN A LOWER JOURNALING PORTION ATTACHED TO SAID SOCKET MEMBER, A FURTHER GROUND ENGAGING WHEEL ATTACHED AT ONE END OF SAID EXTENDING ROD ADJACENT SAID LOWER JOURNALING PORTION, A CRANK MEMBER ATTACHED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID EXTENDING ROD TO ROTATE SAID FURTHER WHEEL WHEREBY THE VEHICLE MAY BE STEERED AND PROPELLED BY THE NORMALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING ROD AND CRANK MEMBER, RESPECTIVELY. 